Press



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

D. BRQMLEY.

PRESS.

No. 391.688. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

Tri l- T L B (No Model.) 2 Sh-ets-Sheet 2.

D. BROMLEYQ PRESS. No. 891,888. Patented 008.28, 1888.

LFL I FIEEEEE- n, PETERS. PhobL-ilhogmphu. Washingtnn. 0:6,

PATH r rrrcn'.

DANIEL BROMLEY, OF WOBTHVILLE, KENTUCKY.

PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,683, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed June 19, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL BROMLEY, of WVorthvilleJn the county of Carroll and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Presses, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification jack, which may thus be kept in constant opand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my pressframe; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the press in operation; Fig. 3, a side elevation, partly in section, of the jack; Fig. 4c, a perspective view of the yoke, and Fig. 5 a perspective view of the housing which receives the rackbar.

My invention relates to improvements in presses; and its object is to provide a simple, reliable, and effective device, especially designed for tobacco, but equally adapted to hay or other materialn'equiring the same treatment,and which may also be used for the pur poses of an ordinary hoisting jack.

The invention consists in the construction of the several parts and in their combination as a whole, all as will now be more fully set forth and explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame,and B the movable yoke adjustably attached by spring-hooks O to the head of the rack-bar D. The upper end of the yoke is provided with a friction'roller, E, to facilitate its movement on the beam. The housing F is provided with a head, G, to engage the spring-hooks O, and with diagonal slots H, for the pivots of the operating-lever I and the pawl J. \Vhen the contents of the hogshead have undergone the required pressure,the jack is elevated by raising the operating-lever and paw], thereby disengaging the rack-bar and bringing into play the spiral springs K,which are attached to studs L in the head of the rack-bar and also to the base of the jack.

Serial No. 277,606. (No model.)

may be on the platform being filled and made ready in succession and brought under the eration with a vast saving of time and manual labor.

The housing F is cast integral with the hollow standard M, the lower end of which has a follow-head, N, for use in pressing purposes.- When desired for use as a jack,the follow-head N serves as a base for the hollow standard M, in which the rack-bar D moves. It will thus be seen that the deviceserves for two purposes.

What I claim as new is 1. In combination with the hollow standard M and the rack-bar sliding therein and having a head, as set forth, the sliding yoke B and springs K, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The hollow standard M,having a housing, F, diagonally slotted, as set forth, the toothed lever and pawl pivoted therein,combined with the sliding yoke having roller E and springs O and K, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the standard having a vertica1ly-movable rack-bar therein, with a movable yoke, and springs, whereby it is connected with said standard and rack-bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of May, 1888, in the presence of witnesses.

JOSEPH A. DONALDSON, ERNEST 0. SMITH. 

